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. I PACKING BOX. No. 324,485.- Patented Aug. 18. 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

osoAn PLACE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO LEWIS w. HYDE, or SAME PLACE.

PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,485, dated August 18, 1885.

Application filed May 7, 1885.

- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR PLACE, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packing-Cases, of which the following is aspecification. I

The nature of myinventiou consists in constructing the case with sides extending beyond the ends thereof and'placing across the ends, between the extended sides, aframe consisting of two vertical bars or cleats and a cross bar or cleat. gin, say, about one and a half inch above the bottom of the case and extend upward to about one and a half inch above the top of the case, so that when two or more of these cases are piled one above the other the upper ends of the upright or vertical bars will fit against the end of the upper box or case to the height at which the vertical bars of that case commence, and in this manner several of these cases may be placed above each other and each rest with security. .The cross-bars between the uprights serve as handles by which the cases may be lifted about.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofone case complete. Fig. 2is an end elevation of two cases together, one above the other, showing how they fit together.

A represents the sides of the case; B, the ends. The sides project over at A to take in the framing at each end, consisting of vertical bars 0 0, extending above the sides and stopping above the lower edge of the sides, and cross-bar D, all secured together, and also to the ends B of the case and its projecting sides A. The upward-projecting ends 0 of the vertical bars 0 serve as guides and holders The two vertical bars be- (No model.)

for the case above when in sections or piles, the space left at the bottom G of each case below to fit up against the sides of the case above it. Triangular corner cleats have been used, located inside the case in each corner thereof, having upwardly-projecting ends, a portion of 5 .the bottom of the case being cut out in triangular shape to fit the projecting end of the triangular inside corner cleat. Being inside there can be no clean work in packing. Packages are liable to be broken, contents spilled, and the symmetry of the packages destroyed, besides taking up room desired for its contents. The cut-away portion of the case makes a thin corner, through which mice readily enter. All these defects are obviated by the construction herein set forth. The bar D is cut away underneath at the back to admit of its being used as a handle.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A packing-case provided with sides A, extending beyond the ends B, as at A, and having against each end face B within the extending sides, the frame composed of vertical bars or cleats G O and cross cleat D, the vertical bars extending above the sides, as at G, and stopping above the loweredge of thesides, as at 0 for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a case having sides A, the cleats or bars O,extending upward, as 70 at O, and admitting of the space 0 at the bottom of the case, essentially as shown and de- Witnesses:

JOHN T. DELEHANTY, GEO. E. STEMMERMANN. 

